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Show Mitchell MlacEiorag nabs riBe in big bucli Gonvenv Mitchell R. Hacking of Vernal garnered j first place in Basin Sports and Elec-i Elec-i trie's Big Buck Contest. Hacking's buck 1 had a spread of 30'4 inches and was 20 inches in height. The buck had nine total points. Hacking was awarded a Nikko 25-06 rifle. Hacking posted a total of 1095 points. Hacking nabbed his prize winning buck on Diamond Mountain on Oct. 20. "I have been trying for 12 years toTind him. I got my buck during the third day of the hunt and I was looking for a pair . of binoculars that I left on top of a ridge during the second day of the hunt, and I ran into the buck. I caught him sneaking through the brushes, going toward the timber. I closed by eyes and I pulled the trigger and dropped him with one shot. It is the biggest one I have ever gotten," stated Hacking. Roosevelt's Mark Christensen pocketed second place at 1032.5. Christensen's buck had a spread of 27Vs inches and was 19 inches high. The buck had ten total points. Christensen won a Tempco down coal.. Christensen nabbed the buck in Rock Creek. Rodney Rasmussen of Roosevelt pocketed third place with 1030 points. Rasmussen's buck had a spread of 27 inches and was 20 inches in height. The buck had eight total points. Rasmussen was given a Redfield scope. Carlin Cuch of Fort Duchesne captured cap-tured fourth place at 1020 points. Cuch's individual scores were: width-26 inches; height, 2OV4 inches and points, eight. Cuch was presented a set of Tasco binoculars. Cuch acquired his buck in the White River area during the last day of the hunt on Oct. 28. "I thought it was bigger than it was. One shot was all that it took;" said Cuch. Vernal's Leon Roberts earned fifth place honors at 1010 points. Roberts' buck had a spread of 25 inches and was 13 inches high. It had 11 total points. Roberts was awarded a hand saw. "I got him the last morning on Diamond Mountain. He was watching some does on another hillside and I shot him in the ear," said Leon Roberts. However, the biggest buck was nabbed by Dez Murray of Basin Sports. Murray was in charge of the Big Buck Contest at Basin Sports and Electric and was ineligible to enter. Murray's buck had 15 total points and has a nf 01 IUnr. 1 ! I. 22'2 inches high. If Murray had been able to enter the Basin Sports Big Buck Contest, he would have defeated the first place winner, 1'220 to1095. "I got the buck on Diamond Mountain during the last day of the deer hunt. We were walking along a ridge and I saw the buck lving down under a tree and I shot him in the neck. After I shot him I couldn't quit shaking. Malry and Vance McKeachnie helped me haul the 230 pound buck out," said Dez Murray. Over 700 hunters entered the Big Buck Contest at Basin Sports and Electric and 31 hunters brought in big bucks. j : ' " " " I I t i ' 1 I . ..'v, ."'fx : ; I I , i A.-1 ' X - ll I A -s I . . - 4 f I - i N t . . ...... f ROOSEVELT'S MARK CHRISTENSEN, left, captured second ' place in the Basin Sports' Big Buck Contest. He was presented a down-filjed coat. fi-Jkf - i I I II J--Zi -f-i v - FORT DUCHESNE'S Carlin Cuch, left, is presented a pair of binoculars by Dez Murray, right. Cuch netted fourth place in the contest. |